

| Subject: | Digitool and driveablity issues |
| From: | Kevin |
| Date: | Fri, 2 Apr 2004 16:57:45 -0500 |
Hi Volks, I just rented and installed the Digitool computer from Volkscafe. I email them with some questions but figured I shoot a copy to the list for more words of wisdom... First here are the symptoms of the van. 1987 Vanagon with digifant all stock 4spd. Usually when raining or humid (sometimes dry) the van start to surge and bog down and loose all power. (normal this is after it has warmed up but not always almost always does it on a restart after a 10min drive) If I step on the clutch it will drop to a very muddy idle of about 400 then if I give it some gas but not full throttle the rpm decrease and will sometimes stall. If I give it full throttle sometimes it will clear it out. A restart always fixes the problem some times for the rest of the day sometimes for 1min. If I disconnect the O2 sensor (new splice in type spliced by my mechanic) It will won't normally lose all power but tends to surge while driving and top speed limited to about 40-50mph. Now the reading of the Tool TPS light is green at first start up will go green for full throttle but never goes back to green again for idle but always works on full throttle. I will adjust again to see if it helps. Next the O2 sensor readings the 02 sensor seems to be working fine according to your instruction book my reads are between .33 and .93 but the 02 ground is reading a -.4v consistent. Can I run the tool with the 02 unplugged to see if the ground still read -.4v ? That way I can isolate it to the harness if it still read -.4v or the sensor if it reads the correct 0v. Would I be correct in assuming that. Also I don't want to hurt the tool by running w/o the 02 sensor. Any suggestions you have on these issues would be great. Thanks for your help, Kevin 87 Westy Burlington VT
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